Anna-Mart van Wyk

Anna-Mart van Wyk (DipCH, DipNeuroC) is a qualified Clinical Hypnotherapist and Neuro-Behavioural Life Coach, registered with the prestigious ICC (International Coaching Council) and with the National Hypnotherapy Council in the UK. She has further qualifications in various therapeutic interventions, through the Surrey College of Clinical Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy, accredited by the National Society of Psychotherapists, and she has further qualified herself in the Neuroscience of Coaching, through the University of Pretoria.

Although, her primary modality is Hypnotherapy, she integrates various interventions to follow a holistic approach by using her qualifications in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing), EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming), TLT (Timeline Therapy) and SFT (Solution Focussed Therapy).

She is passionate about seeing people thrive and reach their full potential. This becomes difficult if we are held captive by pain and trauma. “Our current selves are the products of our past, but every moment offers an opportunity to reinvent ourselves. The sad reality is that, due to the inhibiting, debilitating effects of trauma, many people are stuck in the versions of themselves from a decade or even longer ago. If we are unable to let go of our pain, then living the life of our ideal, best-selves becomes impossible.”

There has been increased evidence of how instrumental the body can be in helping the mind to heal with polyvagal theory, being just one area of focus. She makes use of various top down and bottom-up interventions to bring about lasting change for her clients and empowering them to improve their mental and emotional resilience.

She uses her more than 15 years of training and coaching experience, to not only help her clients heal, but understand how they function as a holistic system. Her love of psychoeducation ensures that her clients understand their triggers, behaviour, and their healing process on a cognitive level as well. This approach brings about lasting change.

“We have learnt that we relate to the world, not as it truly is, but as we are. It follows then that we can change our experience of the world, by working on being our best, most whole selves. Holistic therapy is all about helping you feel safe in your own body, build new neural pathways that serve you better and gain the confidence to pursue your dreams.”